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Padel bandeja

The bandeja is the overhead that keeps you from losing the net every time opponents lob. It is controlled, sliced, and placed, not smashed like a tennis overhead.

What the bandeja does

Good padel strategy is mostly pressure management: change height, change speed, win net position, and make the other pair solve one more ball than they want to.

Body position

Good padel strategy is mostly pressure management: change height, change speed, win net position, and make the other pair solve one more ball than they want to.

Contact and spin

Good padel strategy is mostly pressure management: change height, change speed, win net position, and make the other pair solve one more ball than they want to.

Placement

Good padel strategy is mostly pressure management: change height, change speed, win net position, and make the other pair solve one more ball than they want to.

Mistakes to avoid

Good padel strategy is mostly pressure management: change height, change speed, win net position, and make the other pair solve one more ball than they want to.

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